Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun

I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how to make great music. Of course, part of it is his incredible talent. Who are the greatest jazz singers in the world? Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.

Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau

Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out there, and more coming out of the churches.

Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau

I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers.

Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax

And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.

Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara

It took me a while to really believe in myself or feel determined about it, but then once I realized that it's possible for anyone, and these people who are singers started off very normal... I realized that it was not that hard to do.

Alessia Cara
Alessia Cara

I'm a fan of real singers. I just gravitate towards that.

Alexander Hanson
Alexander Hanson

Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actors who can't sing very well.

Alicia Villarreal
Alicia Villarreal

Like Juan Gabriel and Ana Gabriel, both singers and songwriters of legendary talent, Marco Antonio has reshaped a kind of Mexican romanticism. What he brings to pop music is the kind of songs that really talk to people's hearts.

Alison Goldfrapp
Alison Goldfrapp

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.

Alissa White-Gluz
Alissa White-Gluz

I've seen a couple of singer switches happen right before my eyes, one being Roy Khan to Tommy Karevik in Kamelot, and the other was Anette Olzon to Floor Jansen in Nightwish. Those happened with me present, and I saw how well the fans took to these singers because they were presented in the proper way.